Medically reviewed by Kumkum S. Patel, MD Key Takeaways Chronic diarrhea can cause weight loss due to loss of body fluids.Weight loss from diarrhea is mostly water weight and will likely ...

Over 700 drugs have been associated with causing diarrhea. Chronic diarrhea is a common complaint among patients and can lead to a significant decrease in quality of life. 1 Diarrhea is defined as the ...

Diarrhea is when you have loose, watery stools several times a day. This condition generally goes away within a day or two without medical treatment. Diarrhea that continues for four weeks (even if it ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I would like your opinion of probiotics. Do you think they would help with chronic diarrhea after having my gallbladder removed? — C.F.R. ANSWER: Probiotics are bacteria that are ...

Background and Aims: Often a cause for chronic non-specific diarrhea (≥3 stools per day for more than 4 weeks) is not identified. Small bowel bacterial overgrowth (SBO) can occur without morphological ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — Chronic diarrhea is an “incredibly common” condition, with about one out of 20 patients presenting with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with obesity are at greater risk for chronic diarrhea, and the association grew stronger as BMI ...

Diarrhea is a common symptom of various medical conditions. It involves having loose, watery stools three or more times per day. Acute, or short-term, diarrhea usually lasts for a couple of days.

The authors make the point that bowel functions in general are associated with a lot of health outcomes. Direct association would be somebody with severe constipation, or the long term can be and ...

The breath test was developed to overcome the shortcomings of duodenal fluid culture. The 14 C-D-xylose test has been criticized for lack of diagnostic accuracy and has a sensitivity of 30-90% and ...